"Behold, I go forward,
but He is not there,
and backward,
but I do not perceive Him;
on the left hand when He is working,
I do not behold Him;
He turns to the right hand,
but I do not see Him.
BUT
He knows the way that I take.
When He has tried me,
I shall come out as gold."

Job 23:8-10

Job did not see the ways in which God was working, but that does not change the fact that God was indeed there, orchestrating everything, using all for a greater purpose.

My New Year's prayer for you and me is that we would know that God is at work though we may not see the evidence.